Heitor Villa-Lobos and Darius Milhaud: towards fascinations, musical approaches and personalities

The article aims to examine the circumstances of Milhaud and Villa-Lobos’s encounter, who are the significant figures of 20th century French and Brazilian avant-garde. The analysis of the principle aspects of youthful inspirations, musical approaches and personalities as per Mieczysław Tomaszewski’s concept of the integral interpretation, presents the impact of cultural milieux on artists’ aesthetics, together with their apparent fascination with Carnival. Additionally, the study highlights a connection between the composers’ natures and the fantasy implied either as a category or a genre fantasia. As a result, various analogies are identified linking the composers’ life and musical language.

Ludwik Wawrzynowicz as an active organizer of cultural life in the Częstochowa region

Ludwik Wawrzynowicz was a graduate of the Music Conservatory in Warsaw. He started his professional career in Warsaw as a singer of the Warsaw Opera. In 1902 he came to Częstochowa, where he took the position of artistic director of the "Lutnia" Singing Society and choir conductor. In 1904 he founded the L. Wawrzynowicz Music School in Częstochowa. He ran the facility and was an active teacher for 42 years, until 1946. The school contributed significantly to the flourishing of Częstochowa's musical environment and the city's cultural life. Wawrzynowicz was an animator of musical culture and an organizer of numerous concerts. He has performed as a conductor, pianist, organist and speaker. He was also a journalist and regular music rapporteur for "Goniec Częstochowski" in the years 1906–1939. He also published articles in other periodicals. He was a versatile activist, an active popularizer of musical culture. He exerted a significant influence on the development of the musical life of Częstochowa.